14.16 Percentage of Income Accruing to Households in Each Decile for 1985-86, 1988-89,1991-92 and 1995-96 Surveys by Residence
Decile of households	Bangladesh				Rural				Rural
	1985-86	1988-89	1991-92	1995-96	1985-86	1988-89	1991-92	1995-96	1985-86	1988-89	1991-92	1995-96
Lowest 5%	1.18	1.06	1.03	0.88	1.20	1.12	1.09	0.74	1.23	1.10	1.07	1.00
Decile-1	2.81	2.64	2.58	2.24	2.84	2.76	2.64	1.92	2.92	2.74	2.67	2.56
Decile-2	4.18	4.00	3.94	3.47	4.08	4.05	4.06	3.20	4.30	4.13	4.07	3.93
Decile-3	5.13	4.96	4.95	4.46	5.09	4.91	5.01	4.06	5.30	5.10	5.10	4.97
Decile-4	6.05	5.93	5.94	5.37	5.99	5.80	5.88	4.98	6.70	6.05	6.05	5.97
Decile-5	6.98	6.95	7.08	6.35	7.04	6.84	6.80	6.97	7.10	7.12	7.21	6.98
Decile-6	8.09	8.10	8.45	7.53	8.29	7.91	8.11	7.20	8.20	8.25	8.57	8.16
Decile-7	9.45	9.61	10.09	9.15	10.30	9.42	9.66	8.98	9.55	9.69	10.28	9.75
Decile-8	11.25	11.62	12.10	11.35	12.24	11.57	11.77	11.35	11.30	11.74	12.30	11.87
Decile-9	14.58	15.20	15.64	15.40	15.73	15.56	15.64	16.29	14.07	15.10	15.71	15.50
Decile-10	31.46	31.00	29.23	34.68	28.41	31.19	30.43	36.05	31.00	30.08	28.04	30.23
Top-5%	21.36	20.51	18.85	23.62	18.04	20.02	19.42	24.30	21.36	19.81	17.80	19.73
Gini ratio	0.37	0.38	0.39	0.43	0.37	0.38	0.40	0.44	0.36	0.37	0.36	0.38
Source: Report of the Bangladesh Household Expenditure Survey, 1985-86,  1988-89, 1991-92 and 1995-96, BBS.